Good...Better...Best
Never let it rest, until the Good is Better, and the Better is the Best!
I've spent a lot of my life doing good…being good. Good is not enough!
In 1979 I prayed with a sold out conviction that I wanted to
be the best me for God that I could be. I thought it was an admirable desire and that
God would be so pleased that He would just zap me into a wonderful person who
demonstrated His goodness. To my amazement,
He did quite the opposite. He began removing
everything in my life that wasn't my best for Him. I lost just about everything! It was very painful, but I have never changed
my mind.
It is now 34 years later…there have been many opportunities
for me to give God my best. I thought I
had most of the time. However, several
years ago a marvelous movie came out that has been a visual aid in convicting,
instructing and demonstrating what it really means to give God your best. In Facing
the Giants it was demonstrated that giving your best is when you can
give no more! I realized I had never
given God my best…until I could give no more!
What I have experienced, and was content with, is God having
given me His best for me to glorify Him.
He has made me a monument of His amazing Grace. He has overwhelmed me with His unconditional
Love. He has manifested His Spirit and
demonstrated His Presence in my life beyond expression. He has done more than what I asked…but I am
not my best for Him…I am better, but I fall short from having given my all!
Tonight I became convicted about my best in a fresh exasperating
way as I recalled who I am as a born again Child of God. This is what God says I am:
(I Cor. 6:19-20)You are not your own. You were bought with a price. You are the temple of God
The temple building no longer exists because The Spirit of
God now dwells in the lives of all who belong to God. What kind of temple have I built for Him to
dwell in? Have I given Him my best…my
very best? God required the best for the
making of the Tabernacle and the Temple . He supplied everything that was needed. The place where God dwells is to be holy, set
apart for Him…only for Him. Nothing
unclean or with unconfessed sin can enter.
I am stricken with shame as I examine the dwelling place I
have given The Spirit of God to dwell in.
It is not the best I can give! He
has supplied me with everything I need to be healthy and physically in shape
and I have not given the blessings back to Him by presenting unto Him a
purified holy place to live. He has
given me health coaches to teach and instruct me His way. He has made healthy organic foods available
at affordable prices. He has provided me
an excellent treadmill so that I can exercise any time. He has provided my physical body with
continual healing from disease, accidents and food addictions. He warned that if we destroy His body He will
destroy us!
(1 Corinthians 3:17)
(1 Corinthians 3:17)
I do not begin in fear, but in delight, to give my very best
to present to my Heavenly Father and Lord Jesus a body that He will be pleased
to dwell in and be glorified.
As I get my body healthy, cleansed and in shape for His
Glory, I commit to extending that practice into helping The Body of Christ that
I am a part of to get healthy for His Glory also, just as He has said.
Now, I must prepare my mind for action… (I Peter 1:13) ~Betty
